Never let a good crisis go to waste. Winston Churchill (British statesman)

This should be obvious. The real question is whether the crisis was artificially constructed in order to use it to get something done that might otherwise not have been done.

Before El Alamein, we never won a land battle with the Germans. After El Alamein, we never lost one. Winston Churchill (British statesman)

This appears to be related, in part, to the code-breaking effort that allowed the Allies to read many of the German secret codes.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill (British statesman)

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Winston Churchill (British statesman)

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true. Winston Churchill (British statesman)

So how does one determine what is true and what is not true?

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. Winston Churchill (British statesman)

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. Winston Churchill (British statesman)

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room. Winston Churchill (British statesman)

It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required. Winston Churchill (British statesman)